diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index b7eaff9ca19e3be5a31d175ca2ce3765eddf76f7..7582a1e35eb8ded7299900c48dbfcc7753115075 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ static void io_subchannel_init_fields(struct subchannel *sch)
  */
 static int io_subchannel_probe(struct subchannel *sch)
 {
+	struct io_subchannel_private *io_priv;
 	struct ccw_device *cdev;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -1073,10 +1074,11 @@ static int io_subchannel_probe(struct subchannel *sch)
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_schedule;
 	/* Allocate I/O subchannel private data. */
-	sch->private = kzalloc(sizeof(struct io_subchannel_private),
-			       GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
-	if (!sch->private)
+	io_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*io_priv), GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
+	if (!io_priv)
 		goto out_schedule;
+
+	set_io_private(sch, io_priv);
 	css_schedule_eval(sch->schid);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1090,6 +1092,7 @@ static int io_subchannel_probe(struct subchannel *sch)
 static int
 io_subchannel_remove (struct subchannel *sch)
 {
+	struct io_subchannel_private *io_priv = to_io_private(sch);
 	struct ccw_device *cdev;
 
 	cdev = sch_get_cdev(sch);
@@ -1099,11 +1102,12 @@ io_subchannel_remove (struct subchannel *sch)
 	/* Set ccw device to not operational and drop reference. */
 	spin_lock_irq(cdev->ccwlock);
 	sch_set_cdev(sch, NULL);
+	set_io_private(sch, NULL);
 	cdev->private->state = DEV_STATE_NOT_OPER;
 	spin_unlock_irq(cdev->ccwlock);
 	ccw_device_unregister(cdev);
 out_free:
-	kfree(sch->private);
+	kfree(io_priv);
 	sysfs_remove_group(&sch->dev.kobj, &io_subchannel_attr_group);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1553,11 +1557,12 @@ spinlock_t * cio_get_console_lock(void)
 static int ccw_device_console_enable(struct ccw_device *cdev,
 				     struct subchannel *sch)
 {
+	struct io_subchannel_private *io_priv = cio_get_console_priv();
 	int rc;
 
 	/* Attach subchannel private data. */
-	sch->private = cio_get_console_priv();
-	memset(sch->private, 0, sizeof(struct io_subchannel_private));
+	memset(io_priv, 0, sizeof(*io_priv));
+	set_io_private(sch, io_priv);
 	io_subchannel_init_fields(sch);
 	rc = cio_commit_config(sch);
 	if (rc)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/io_sch.h b/drivers/s390/cio/io_sch.h
index 23f50ba50392ec6dcde86795245c694e1ed8f3ee..ba31ad88f4f7e3edf4d255e49ee8b457767beb0d 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/io_sch.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/io_sch.h
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ struct io_subchannel_private {
 	} __packed options;
 } __aligned(8);
 
-#define to_io_private(n) ((struct io_subchannel_private *)n->private)
+#define to_io_private(n) ((struct io_subchannel_private *) \
+			  dev_get_drvdata(&(n)->dev))
+#define set_io_private(n, p) (dev_set_drvdata(&(n)->dev, p))
 
 static inline struct ccw_device *sch_get_cdev(struct subchannel *sch)
 {